Friday, June 01, 2007

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ab·ste·mi·ous (b-stm-s, b-)

adj.
1. Eating and drinking in moderation.
2.
a. Sparingly used or consumed: abstemious meals.
b. Restricted to bare necessities: an abstemious way of life.

2 comments:

Katy said...

No matter how abstemious of a diet she keeps, Jana never seems to get below a size 14.

Nell said...

Partake as doth the Bee,
Abstemiously.
The Rose is an Estate--
In Sicily.

--Emily Dickinson